Does Employment Protection Inhibit Labor Market Flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France, and Belgium

Katharine G. Abraham & Susan N. Houseman
Published Date
Copyright 1994
ISBN 0-226-05678-3
Book: Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?
Book author: Rebecca M. Blank
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Comparative Labor Markets
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Does Employment Protection Inhibit Labor Market Flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France, and Belgium
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Author(s): Katharine G. Abraham & Susan N. Houseman
Laws in most Western European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance notice of...

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